It's time. It's
past time to respond with the fury and ferocity that our national situation demands. Who will stand up to speak for those who have been disenfranchised, marginalized and are now being left to die? I'm sick and tired of the Republicans crowning themselves the champions of "moral outrage" when it is us--the majority of Americans and our supposed leaders who claim to be acting on our behalf--that should be responding with fury.
Our Democratic leadership sat silent while the voices of thousands upon thousands of our citizens were thrown in the dustpin of history not once but twice in national elections. It was no coincidence that they were predominantly poor, that they were disproportionately black.
Our Democratic leadership sat silent and even lined up behind our so-called President when he led us into an unjustified, ill-conceived war under false pretenses. It was no coincidence that so many of the young men and women sent to die and kill in the false name of American security were poor and of color.
And now, will our Democratic leadership sit silent or pat our President on the back as thousands of poor and black Americans die from a lack of the most fundamental and basic needs: shelter, water, food, security? Judging from the
talk of Senator Landrieu and others, maybe so.
When will there be accountability?
I, for one, am sick and tired of waiting for them to get a spine. It's not just BushCo and their inept cronies that need to be held accountable, it's our Democratic leadership, as well. Business as usual on Capitol Hill needs to come to a halt until the day of reckoning of comes for all of them. Talk about a friggin state of emergency. If they haven't been driven yet by all of the criminality, lies and cruelty practiced by the Bush Regime to say "enough is enough... we will no longer allow you to destroy our nation" will this finally do it?? What will it take for them to finally get it? Does it take a march on Washington like BooMan called for? Does it take abandoning the Party and/or electing a whole new set of representatives?
I can't sleep another night knowing that we've utterly failed so many of our fellow citizens, not to mention fellow humans and creatures around the world.